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YORKVILIE ENQUIRER. ISSUED SEHX-VEEKLT. i. m. grists sons, Pnbii.i?r?. ( % 4amiI8 $?i!spapei[: 4"r {promotion "If {political, ?oc.ia'' SjH<#Msital and Commercial Jntercsls ojf th< {pcojl*. { ESTABLISHED 1855. YORK VILI/E, s7c., FRIDAY, JTJT Y 9, 1915. 3STO. 557 ofh(D\ &-row ' 1LU.5IMTM5.4 ^ CHAPTER IV. The Deck Hand. Charlotte Farnham's friends?their number was the number of those who had seen her grow from childhood to maiden?and womanhood?commonly identified her for inquiring strangers as "good old Doctor Bertie's 'only/" adding, men and women alike, that she was a well-balanced and sensible as she was good to look upon. She had been spending the winter at Pass Christian with her aunt, who ? J j U was an lnvana; anu u was iui mc invalid's sake that she had decided to _ make the return journey by river, p- So it had come about that their statefooms had been taken on the Belle Julie; and on the morning of the second day out from New Orleans, Miss Gilman was so far from being travel sick that she was able to sit with Charlotte in the shade of the hurricane deck aft. and to enjoy, with what quivering enthusiasm there was in her, the matchless scenery of the lower Mississippi. At Baton Rouge' the New Orleans paper came aboard, and Miss Farnham bought a copy of the Louislanian. As a matter of course, the first page leader was a circumstantial account of the daring robbery of the Bayou State Security, garnished with startling headlines. Charlotte read it, half-absently at first, and a second time with interest awakened and a quickening of the pulse when she realized that she had actually been a witness of the final act in the near-tragedy. Her little gasp of belated horror brought a query from the invalid. "What i9 it, Charlie, dear?" For answer, Charlotte read the newspaper story of the robbery, headlines nil aim cm. "For pity's sake! in broad daylight! How shockingly bold!" commented Miss Gilman. "Yes, but that wasn't what made me gasp. The paper says: 'A young lady was at the teller's window when the robber came up with Mr. Galbraith?' Aunt Fanny, I was the 'young lady.'" "You? Horrors!" ejaculated the invalid, holding up wasted hands of depreciation. Charlotte, the well-balanced, smiled at the purely personal limitations of her aunt's point of view. "It is very dreadful, of course: but it is no worse just because I happened to be there. Yet it seems ridiculously incredible. I can hardly believe it, even now." "Incredible? How?" "Why, there wasn't anything about it to suggest a robbery. Now that I know, I remember that old gentleman did seem anx'ous or worried, or at least, not quite comfortable some way; but the young man was smiling pleasantly, and he looked like anything rather than a desperate criminal." Miss Gilman's New England conservatism, unweakened by her long residence in the west, took the alarm at once. "But no one in the bank knew you. They couldn't trace you by your father's draft and letter of identification, could they?" Charlotte was mystified. "I should suppose they could, if they wanted to. But why? What if they could?" "My dear child; don't you see? They are sure to catch the robber, sooner or later, -and if they know how to find you, you might be dragged into court as a witness." Miss Farnham was not less averse to publicity, but she had, or believed she had, very' clear and well defined ideas of her own touching her duty in any matter involving a plain question of right and wrong. "I shouldn't wait to be dragged," she asserted quietly. "It would be a simple duty to go willingly. The first thing I thought of was that I ought to write at once to Mr. Galbraith, giving him my address." Thereupon issued discussion. At the end of the argument the conservative one had extorted a conditio j1 promise from her niece. The matter should remain in abeyance until the question of conscientious obligation had been submitted to Charlotte's father and decided by him. An hour later, when Miss Gilman was deep in the last installment of the current serial, Charlotte let her book slip from her fingers and gave hersell to the passive enjoyment of the slowly-passing panorama which is the chief charm of inland voyaging. From where she was sitting she could see the steamer's yawl swinging from its tackle at the stern-stafT, and after many minutes it was slowly borne in upon her that the ropes were working loose. A man came aft to make the loosened tackle fast. Something half familiar in his manner attracted Charlotte's attention, and her eyes followed him as he went on and hoisted the yawl into place, When he came back she had a fair sight of his face and her eyes inet his, In the single swift glance half-formed suspicion became undoubted certainty; she looked again and her heart gave a great bound and then seemed suddenly to forget its office. It was useless to try to escape from the dismaying fact. The stubble-bearded deckhand with the manner of a gentleman was most unmistakably a later reincarnation of the pleasantly smiling young man who had courteously made way for her at the teller's wicket in the Bayou State Security; who had smiled and given place to her while he was holding his pistol aimed al President Galbraith. It was said of Charlotte Farnham that she was sensible beyond her years, and withal strong and straightforward in honesty of purpose. None the less, she was a woman. And when she saw what was before her, conscience turned traitor and fled away to give place to an uprush of hesitant doubts born of the sharp trial of the DICE CIS LYNDE rCDMOttS * COPYMCffT BY r*Af?L fJ 3C*/Offr/?3 30*3 moment. She got upon her feet, steadying herself by the back of her chair. She felt that she could not trust herself if she once admitted the thin edge of the wedge of delay. The simple and straightforward thing to do was to go immediately to the captain and tell him of her discovery, but she shrank from the thought of what must follow. They would seize him: he had proved that he was a desperate man, and there would be a struggle. And when the struggle was over they would bring him to her and she would have to stand forth as his accuser. It was too shocking, and she caught at the suggestion of an alternative with a gasp of relief. She might write to President Galbraith, giving such a description of the deck-hand as would enable the officers to identify him without her personal help. It was like dealing the man a treacherous blow in the back, but she thought it would be kinder. "Aunt Fanny," she began, with her face averted, "I promised you I wouldn't write to Mr. Galbraith until after we reached home?until I had told papa. I have been thinking about it since, and I?I think it must be done at once." * Griswold had come upon Miss Farnham unexpectedly, and when he passed her on his way forward he had seen the swift change in her face betokening some sudden emotion, and the recollection of it troubled him. What if this clear-eyed young peroni hnii rAonenized him? He knew that the New Orleans papers had come aboard; he had seen the folded copy of thei Louisianian in the invalid's lap. Consequently, Miss Farnham knew of the robbery, and the incidents were fresh in her mind. What would she do if she had penetrated his disguise? He had a shock of genuine terror at this point and his skin prickled as at the touch of something loathsome. Up to the moment he had suffered none of the pains of the hunted fugitive; but he knew now that he had fairly entered the gates of the outlaw's inferno; that however cunningly he might cast about to throw his pursuers off the track, he would never again Jinow what it was to be wholly free from the terror of the arrow that flieth the day. The force of the Scriptural smile came to him with startling emphasis. The Niche Between the Coffee 8ack? Wat Empty. bringing; on a return of the prickling dismay. The stopping of the paddlewheels and the rattling clamor of the gang-plank winch aroused him to action and he shook off the creeping numbness and ran aft to rummage under the cargo on the engine-room guards for his precious bundle. When his hand reached the place where it | should have been, the blood surged to his brain and set up a clamorous dinning in his ears like the roaring of a cataract. The niche between the coffee sacks were empty. (To be continued.) GERMANS GOT THE IRON ORE ! French Territory Held by Invaders ; Rich in Iron. I More than fifteen million of the ' 16,500,000 tons of iron ore produced annually in France, worth about 67 i million francs, comes from the department of the Meuthe and Moselle, occupied by the Germans, says a re, cent dispatch from Paris. Three and ; a half million tons of the 4,500,000 , tons of pig iron produced in France annually also comes from those regions. and 2.500,000 of the 3,500,000 I tons annual production of steel. Seventy-four per cent of the French iron industries, therefore, are immobilized. A great deal of the information concerning the fate of French industries behind the German lines is anonymous. Privately, however, the report i that every machine that can be utilized in Germany has been taken, as well : as all the money ana proaucts or ine > occupied regions, has been verified by i reliable manufacturers who have I means of communication that they are > careful not to reveal. The usual Ger: man system was applied to the distribution of the machines. A stock i company of German manufacturers managed this part of the economic war. This company sent engineers to > Belgium and northern France to select i such machines as might be worth taking. These were shipped to Oo' logne and a complete catalogue was t printed and sent to German manu factories, offering them at prices ranging from 50 per cent of their value [ up. This is why German factories I making shells for the army were able to increase their lathe equipment on . good terms. The stock company took A 15 per cent commission on the sale and the real owner received a requisition payable sometimes by the Relchsbank, more often by the bank of France? ||J six months after the conclusion of the war. The requisition price is generally based on the cost price, less de- ^ preciation of 10 per cent a year, with a minimum value of 50 per cent. MoLAURIN TO THE EDITORS. Introduction and Peroration to Great Speech. The Enquirer has not found it prac- p ticable to print all of Senator Mc- li Laurin's Chick Springs speech, because in one way or another most of n It has already appeared In these coi- r, umns; but what the speaker had to p say to the editors personally, and his P beautiful peroration are well worth reproduction: Gentlemen of the Press Association: I appreciate the invitation to address the newspaper men of South Carolina. I feel that it is one of the most distinguished honors that has ever come to me, because I know that it is not the custom of the Press as- Cl sociation to invite politicians on this, occasion, and I feel that the invitation t( cxteiiueu to me is an indication that ?' V me newspaper men ol aoum Carolina a&tee mat i nave, in some measure at vi least, passeu in my career tne stage e; ui lueiv politician. j.( 1 nave ueen more thun once stung to tue quicK oy your snatts 01 iigni- 11 tung, out i nave never unueresninaied tt tne reai protection tnat tue press is a to tue couiuiy, in exposing sham anu t( numt/uggery, or destroying grait and corruption. It is your mission to tnrow ugnt into tne uark piaces anu a< ten tne people what tney ougnt to ^ Know. i nave learned the truth by experience ot tne ooservation of tne great P -\apoieon, that "tour hostile nevvspa- di pers are more to be dreaued tnan one nunureu thousand bayonets." isopoleon tougnt tne treeoom ol the press uecause ne hau i.o mgner ambition tnan personal glory. ?ie realized tnat L tne lieeuom 01 tne press ana the no- b; ei ties 01 tne people must stand or iall a togetner, that ever enlightening, always coiinrming truth and right, tne v pi ess couia ultimately overthrow the vi mignty labric his gigantic brain had q created, tor he said to one ot his minlsters, "1 must dazzle and astonish; it p 1 were to give the liberty ol the press, P my power could not less three aays.' ji How different the sentiments ot a Thomas Jeiterson, who gave the world . a constitution based upon freedom and equality. Jefferson said, "I would E lainer live in a country with newspa- it pers without a government, than in a d country with a government, but without newspapers." " Gentlemen ol the Press asociation, you have a tremendous power for weal or woe. Your is a high calling. 1 nought builds civilizations. Through your papers you drop the silent, invls- ^ mie tnought into thousands of minds r< at the same moment, creating thought a and moulding sentiment. h My paper cames to me each day, an adviser spiritual and material, keep- 81 ing me in touch with world history as h it is made, coloring and forming my Zl opinions and subtly controling my . actions. Wendell Phillips said: "The millions have no school, and almost n no pulpit, but the press. Not one man tl in ten reads books, but every one of us, except the helpless poor, poisons himself every day with a newspaper. It is parent, school, theatre, example, C counsellor, all in one. Let me make g| the newspapers, and I care not who makes the religion or the laws." Dreams. The south has it in her power, by utilizing the vast commercial credit a incident to handling this great monop- d oiy crop, to make herself the dominant power in finance and civilization. . 1 have been cailed a dreamer, and I ( wish that I were worthy to take my place among the great dreamers of r< this world. But the gift is not mine 2j to pierce the veil of doubt and look into the face of unborn time. I only stumble and falter in darkness, see si but dimly, and I feel that, so far as I am concerned, I have done about all that I can ever do in this great work, and that others must soon take it up r> and carry it forward to success. Her- ir bert Kaufman says, "Dreams are ar- jj chitects of fact." If that be true then , "What matters sneers and synicism ? d "This world is made up for the most of those who take but never give, v sharing in all, but sparing naught, who cheer a grudge but grudge a G cheer. A "Wherefore the paths of progress have been sobs of blood dropped ^ from the broken hearts of dreamers. "Makers of empires, they have fought for higher things than empires, 1< and higher seats than thrones. S( "Grief has only streaked their heads with silver, but has never greyed their 1 hopes. i' "Dreamers are argonauts, the seek- p ers of the priceless fleece of Truth? "Through all the ages the voice of destiny calls them from the unbroken G vasts. 1( "They dare uncharted seas, because q they are the makers of the chart. ,, "With only cloth of courage at the mast and no compass save their r ,1 ?l.n? an SI nnilu mil a.l f,,,. ft! the far blind shores. "Their brains have wrought all human miracles; in place of stone their spires stab the skies, and their golden v crosses kiss the sun. F "A great ship a few months ago, gi stricken to death by an iceberg, shivers, trembles and groans. A cry for P help, that mystery the wireless, flashes hundreds of miles across the sea, be- s cause Marcotlla dreamed. r "Wings of canvas now beat the air and add the highways of the eagle to P the human paths. F "One man drew lightning with a kite from the clouds, another sitting _ by the fire sees the steady escape of steam from the kettle. The dreams 0 of Franklin, Watts, Morse and hun- y dreds of others have girdled the globe p with bands of steel and annihilated space. P "The phonograph, a disc of wax, a v square box, a few springs, a needle, p and a throat of brass?a God-hewn voice swells out, caught whole, clear and sweet, to last for ages after the singer has returned to the dust whence d he came, and all because Edison M dreamed. "What would this world be of fan- w c-y or of fact, were hands all with F which men had to build? y "Your very homes are set upon the land a dreamer found, the pictures on its walls are visions from a dreamer's J soul. s "They are the blazers of the way, p the men who never wear doubts band- p aged on their eyes. Men who hold to courage and to hope. "Cowardice and lack of faith can T\ alone keep us from the chosen goal. p "If our hearts be strong and if we dream enough, and dream hard enougn, we can tread me patn wner?? on the foot of man hath never gone y before. "Walls crumble and empires fall: the tidal wave sweeps in and tears a fortress from the rocks. The rotting p nations drop from off time's boughs and only things dreamers make live s on. d "They are the eternal conquerors, their vassals are the years." ^ The Ginelle lock on the Seine is so constructed that one man can open or shut it by simply touching an electric button as he sits in his office. s OOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS s Traced In Early Flies of The Yorkvflle Enquirer. IEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY (ringing Up Records of the Past and Giving tH# Younger Readers of To* ??a -.1 ir ay a trwy 1/umpi cnimivg r\nvm?dge of the Things that Moat Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first Installment of the notes apearing under this heading was pubshed in our Issue of ' November 14, 913. The notes are being prepared by he editor as time and opportunity perlit. Their purpose is to bring into eview the events of the past for the leasure and satisfaction of the older eople and for the entertainment and istructlon of the present generation. 144TH INSTALLMENT Wednesday Evening, March 29, 1865.) Tearing Up the Railroad. On Saturday morning, a force under ie direction of an engineer officer, jmmenced taking up the track of the [ing's Mountain railroad to transfer ) another quarter where it will be f greater importance to the country, /hile its loss will be a serious inconenience to a community that has long njoyed its use, they will no doubt ?alize the serious necessity for its reloval and yield a cheerful acquiscence > the greater demands of the country, nd the army whose wants will be bet>r supplied by it elsewhere than here. Our citizens will still receive all the ccommodatlons that can be afforded lem by the trains carrying off iron rhile the work is going on. It' is exected that two miles" of track per ay will be removed. Fatal Accident. We are pained to record the death of ,ieut. James J. Snider of Co. D, Gill's attalion of reserves, and a worthy nd esteemed citizen of this place, rhile a train and its guard was coneying prisoners from Wilmington to oldsboro, Lieut. Snider, occupying a lace on top of one of the coaches as it assed under a bridge, was fatally injred and survived the accident but few hours. His remains were rought to this place for interment, [onored and loved by those in his imlediate sphere, the intelligence of his eath will bring sorrow to all those ho knew him. * * An Impostor. Col. W. J. Hoke, commander at 'harlotte, N. C., advertises for the arfst of a person who styles himself s Col. L. Roberts, who escaped from is guard while under trial for horsetealing. This man i? well known in is assumed character to many citiens of this district, upon whom he is foisted himself for the past three lonths and they will do well to be on le lookout for him. Married?On the 7th inst., by J. D. P. urrence, Esq., Mr. Samuel C. Johnton and Mrs. Margaret Robeson, all f this district. ? Married?On the 14th inst., by Rev. . L. Watson, Mr. O. N. Youngblood nd Miss E. H. Currence, both of this istrict. Wednesday Evening, April 5, 1865.) List of casualties in the 17th S. C. ?giment in the engagement of March 5. near Petersburg. Field and staff: Maj. J. W. Avery, lightly wounded. Co. C. Killed?None. Wounded?Lieut. J. W. Moore, in ight hip, severe; Sergt. W. Hi Smith, i knee, leg amputated; Sergt. W. T. tartness, hand, slight; Privates Thos. loss, shoulder, severe; R. H. Ranall, left breast, severe. Missing?Lieut. J. C. Sanders; Prlates Sherod Childers, James Bridges, L. Moore. D. Smith, L. L. Withers. .. S. Hopper. Co. E: Killed?Private W. H. Ward, ead shot off. Wounded?Privates Robert Burns, *ft leg, severe; G. L. Farls, in back, evere; William Cherry, contusion in ight leg; Corp. J. V. Choat, contusion l left side; Private J. F. Campbell, nntusion in right leg. Missing?Sergt. L. R. Williams, 'orp. S. G. Poag, Privates. John Al?n. J. C. Campbell. J. H. Cathcart, J. '. Carothers, S. M. Choat, G. W. Deas, V. D. Dunlap, P. Garrison, J. J. Garison, J. C. Harris. W. J. Jones, C. Icllwain, L. Pierce, J. R. Wilson. Co F: Killed?None. Wounded? Privates W. M. Caldrell, severe; John Caldwell, severe; Seapock, slight, J. S. Hambright, pvere, in head. These are in our hositals. Missing?Lieut. O. R. Guntharp. ergt. W. H. Mitchell, J. G. Lathem, 'orp. R. J. Withers, Privates W. T. teheler, (wounded) E. Bridges, F. H. Iridges, T. Carroll, W. H. Carroll, J. V. Downy, N. Hullender. J. F. Hill, as. Martin, Thos. Martin, G. M. Moore, I. L. Moorehouse, (wounded severely) V. V. Moss. R. G. Parker, Jas. M. laxico, J. L. Plaxico, Joseph Seaock. J. P. Turner, G. W. White, (seerely wounded) J. A. Wallace, suposed to be wounded. Co. K: Killed?Private T. E. Moore. Wounded?Privates J. P. Ayers, (Inian) severely, in head; Andrew Lucas, rrist, slipht; J. J. Rhea, lep, flesh round; Moses White, lep, flesh wound; J. M. i/ockard, slipht; Serpt. William Vhite, S. M. Love, slipht. Missinp?Lieut. S. M. Wylie, Lieut. . T. Summerford, Corps. W. C. Whiteides. W. F. Thomas, B. P. White; rivates J. J. Ashe, J. A. Cascon, G. j. Carroll. W. G. Dowdle. S. M. Feamter, W. M. Gordon, D. G. Hood, Jno. lontpomery, T. P. Meek, Dr. C. S. tussell, W. S. Starr, Jno. Whisonant. Casualties in Co. G, 18th replment, t. C. V. Killed?Capt. S. W. Good. Wounded?Lieut. Warren Pursley, ft lep. slipht; P. C. Thomas, thiph; evere: Private J. C. Beampuard, abomen, severe. Missinp?D. B. McCarter, W. P. Lrmstronp, J. J. Revels. R. M. Jones. (To Be Continued.) Coward Wins Victoria Cross.?The tory of a convicted coward who turn ' ed hero during the fighting around I Ypres is told by Prof. J. H. Morgan, who summed up in the Bryce report ( on German atrocities. He has Just > returned to London. He says: "There was a sergeant who had lost his nerve and had been sentenced by court martial to five years' penal ser' vitude for cowardice. Before the sentence could be carried out the Prussian guard made their famous attempt to break through our line, and the sergeant, in the fighting which ensued, fought with such bravery that but for being nominally under arrest at the time, he would have been awarded the Victoria Cross. As it was, his sentence was quashed, and the incident was responsible for the passage of a new act of parliament, by which a sentence on a soldier may be suspended and the man given an opportunity of redeeming his character." TRIP TO MT. MITCHELL Party of Editora Enjoy Some Wondere of Nature. It is quite possible for a capable and talented writer, perhaps, to write a wonderfully interesting descriptive story of a trip from Montreat, N. C., to the top of Mount Mitchell; but such a story would hardly convey impressions to the mind of the reader that would detract from the interest or pleasure of a personal trip. The proposition involves the principle of the kaleidoscope, in which, though no two people may see exactly the same thing, all may find equal enjoyment in its wondrously, beautiful changes. The railroad by which the mountain is reached, was not constructed for scenic purposes; but rather to facilitate the cutting of the timber off the mountains. The first step in the process was the erection of an immense saw mill at Black Mountain. Then a line of track was built along the foothills in such manner as to most easily take carc of logs cut from above, the logs being taken to the track by means of gravity. After the timber cuttin&r' had nroceeded to an extent that placed the standing trees beyond convenient reach, the track would make a curve or switch back to a considerably higher altitude, and in this way it continued to mount until it was near the top of the highest ridges. It is not to be understood that the mountains above have been denuded of timber in the process, for this is not the case. The lumbermen have been after only certain kinds of trees beyond a certain size, and for the most part have left other growths along with thousands of trees that met their requirements; but could not be reached except at a loss. Also there appears to have been reasonable regard for the principles of scientific forestry. But the passenger up and along the mountain slopes does not have a great den! of concern for these thinga He finds more interest in the scenery? the wooded slopes on one side and the white clouds floating over and between the mountains below. He passes through miles of ferns, rhododendron, galax, calacentheus, azalea, laurel, trailing arbutus and innumerable other plants, shrubs and flowers. The beauties of all this splendid exhibit of nature's profusion necessarily compel the interest and pleasure of the beholder. After the press party had progressed well on its way up the mountain, and after the members had become somewhat accustomed to the panoramic beauties of mountain piled on top of mountain, interest began to center on the location of Mt? Mitchell. The situation was confusing, however, because at times any one of the tall peaks that rose above its fellows in the immediate distance seemed conspicuous enough to be the great famous mountain that was the ultimate object of the trip. All were familiar with the names and proximity of Graybeard, Clingman, Pinnacle and other mountains; but no one seemed to identify them satisfactorily. Just ahead was a tall mountain that everybody agreed was Mitchell; but after the train had gone around it there arose another mountain still higher. This experience was repeated until all had been pretty well confused; but at length Mitchell was partially identified, not so much on account of his over-towering height, as because of the scars that had been left about his .shoulders by forest fires. There was a belt of bare desolation around his great bulk, two-thirds of the way to the top and the remaining third was thickly covered with what appeared to be a scrubby growth of timber and underbrush. The train came to a stop at a station consisting of a store and several shacks and several dug-outs, and after partaking of a hearty lunch brought from the hotel, the party was ready for the ascent. The trail leads directly up the mountain, and holds out but little promise of other than a long, steady climb, and it is not deceptive. The only relief promised is the rest afforded at rough benches that have been constructed at reasonably close intervals along the route. The members of the party who had the forethought to make proper provision along that line, had drawn heavy overcoats about them long bafore they reached the railroad station. The atmosphere was uncomfortably cool for light summer dress, and the wraps were needed. But after the first few hundred yards overcoats were discarded as being too uncomfortable. The first part of the journey led through the bare waste caused by the forest fire already referred to; but near the top the path leads through a tangle jungle of trees and undergrowth, over black sloppy soil of indefinite depth, and across swampy rills that demand care in passage. It is only necessary to turn from the upward incline to be reminded of a low country swamp. The top of the mountain, which is 960 feet above the point where the climb is commenced at the railroad track, is partly bare rocks, and partly rich soil that gives vigorous life to thick vegetation including spruce pines, fur trees, hemlocks, chestnut and the like. About the apex there is standing room for a thousand or more people, but they would have to be careful of their footing, if they should try to move about. The principal object of interest on the mountain it. self is the grave of Dr. Mitchell, which has been dug in the solid rock, and the coffin, if there was one, covered over with stones which have been heaped up *0 a height of four or five feet. Then some yards, away there is a flagpole on which Old Glory waves to the strong breezes, and in a slightly protected shelf fifteen or twenty feet below the summit, is a rough shack, used as a Federal weather observatory, and also as a shelter for visitors who find it necessary or desirable to spend nlorKf r\ry mnnntaln fVitfl find blankets are available and also food may be had at a reasonable cost. The view from the mountain, of course, is fine. With a strong glass it Is possible to pick out numerous towns and cities, follow the lines of the railroads, trace the Toe and other rivers, and make out numerous other peaks. It is a familiar but somewhat curious fact that many of the surrounding mountains appear to be higher than Mt. Mitchell, and except for the fact that the altitude of all the mountains in the surrounding country has been definitely established by the United States topographical survey, there would still be dispute on the question ! that cost Dr. Mitchell his life. Some miles distant from Mt. Mitchell there is another mountain that seems taller and on top of it is a high tower. People in the party explained that there was a certain crank who had always contended that this mountain was higher than Mitchell, and when the topographical survey established his error he erected the tower to emphasize his contention. The result, however, has been to further vindicate Mitchell. It is common to hear people in the mountains say that Mitchell was named in honor of Dr. Elisha Mitchell because the "doctor was the first man to climb to the top of it." That is an error. Dr. Mitchell was a native of Litchfield, Connecticut, where he was born in 1793. He was graduated from Yale in 1813, and in 1818 became became professor of mathematics in the University of North Carolina. Later he was ordained by the Presbytery of Orange and became a preacher. For a number of years he was state surveyor *nd while so employed, he ascertained that the mountains of western North Carolina were the highest east of the Mississippi river. This was about 1830. His statements provoked much controversy, and in 1857, he went back into the mountains to prove his statements. A storm overtook him on top of Mt. Mitchell and while trying to go down in the night he slipped and fell into a pool where he was drowned. His body was found by Tom Wilson, a famous bear hunter, who had previously acted as his guide. Wilson and others had been to the top of the mountain many a time previously; but of course, they knew nothing of the important matters that were of such interest to Dr. Mitchell. W. D. O. GENERAL NEWS NOTES ' Items of Interest Gathered from All Around the World. The Liberty Bell left Philadelphia Monday on a special train for the Panama-Pacific exposition. Fourteen persons were killed and 630 injured in 4th of July celebrations throughout the country Monday. ' A Philadelphia and Reading express j train struck a wagon on a grade crossing near Hummelatown, Pa., Monday, and killed five persons. Twelve thousand Belgian soldiers, interned at Zeist, Holland, celebrated the American 4th of July Monday, with athletic games. Hon. W. J. Bryan was the principal speaker at the Panama-Pacific exposition 4th of July celebration on Monday. He spoke on "The Meaning of the Flag." According to a census bulletin just Issued, there were 57,272 blind persons in the United States in 1910. The total number in the world is given at 2,390,000. The earnings of the North German Lloyd Steamship company in 1914, were $8,555,000 from both freight and passenger business. In 1913, the total earnings were $20,105,000. In a 4th of July address at Hot Springs, Ark., Monday, Vice President Marshall urged his hearers to support President Wilson. "Let the President of the United States tell us when it is time to get mad," he said. Yves Bosch, exiled from Paris in September for expressing himself favorably to Germany, died in Spain a few days ago. By his will he leaves his estate of $6,000,000 to the city of Paris. Three special trains of eleven cars each, left Philadelphia on Monday, carrying the delegation of Lu Lu temple, Mystic Shriners, and their wives and children, to the imperial council at Seattle, Wash., on July 12 to 15. The party included 410 Shriners. On his coronation day, November 10, the emperor of Japan will receive a Bible, printed in English, the first English Bible, it is said, that will have entered the imperial palace of Japan. It is to be the gift of 4,000 Japanese members of Christian churches in America. The annual Independence day pilgrimage of Americans in Paris to the tomb of Marquis de LaFayette in the ancient Picpus cemetery was honored Monday for the first time by the offlcal participation of the French government. Two flotillas of American-designed British submarines sailed from Quebec for England Saturday morning. Each flotilla consisted of five vessels, while a big auxiliary cruiser, acting as es cort, accompanied the submarines on the voyage across the Atlantic. Hereafter if any member of the Oeorgia general assembly becomes intoxicated he will not be allowed to enter the legislative halls. A standing rule was adopted last week which provides that no member shall be admitted in an intoxicated condition, and the doorkeepers are charged with rigid enforcement of the rule. A powerful dynamite bomb was exploded in the basement of police headquarters of New York city Monday night at 8.35. The building was badly damaged, but no one was seriously injured. The police believe the explosion the work of anarchists for revenge in trapping two of their kind in St. Patrick's cathedral several months ago. TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES!, 4 a News Happenings In Neighboring ? Communities. * c CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING J; * 1 Dealing Mainly With Local Affaire of o Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lan- S caater and Chester. 11 Gaffney Ledger, July 6: Miss ri Rachel Llttlejohn was elected by the * board of trustees of school district n No. 10, at a meeting last week, to d succeed Miss Vadah Pettlt, resigned, F as a teacher in the Cherokee Avenue school. Miss Llttlejohn has already ^ been elected as a teacher in the Gas- ^ tonia High school. She is now attending the summer school at Win- n throp college, Rock HJll Special Judge Charles Carroll Sims reversed the decision in the case of the town of Blacksburg vs. Audie Beam, charged with violating \he dispensary laws. Beam was arrested several weeks ago by Chief of Police Coke Duncan at 8< the Blacksburg depot. He was accom- C pamed by a trunk in which was found approximately twelve gallons of intoxicating liquors. In the mayor's G court Beam was fined $100 or 30 days, u He gave bond and appealed the case, gi The grounds upon which Judge Sims si reversed the town court was violation of constitutional rights because Beam q was arrested without a warrant. Court m adjourned Saturday morning A p] daughter of Jim Under, a negro, who n, lives on Mr. V. I. Spifrgeon's place ^ in the Maud section of the county, was drowned Saturday afternoon when she fell rrom a foot log across Big T Thickety creek upon being seized with r{ an attack of epileptic fits, to which ., she was subject. The girl was accompanied by a smaller sister, who was unable to save the drowning negro. Grace, the two and one-half year S old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James ^ Childers of the H&xnrick mill, died Wednesday as a result of a comblna- el tion of whooping cough and pneu- lr monia The Southern Railway 11 company is trying the experiment of killing weeds and grass by applying a CJ special liquid alongside its tracks. ^ Saturday morning a train of several n tank cars tilled with this liquid passed through the city on its way south, v spreading death and destruction to d t. e vagrant grasses and weeds grow- w ing near the tracka The result of this application of liquid death will be F watched with great interest, especially fi by the farmers who may find it a way J to help in working the crops. U . . * h Lancaster News, July 6: Mr. J. F. \ Gardner, Jr., died at his home in Ker- tl shaw early FYlday morning, after a f( short illness. He was about 30 years of age and was one of Kershaw's most enterprising business men. He t, was a son of 'the late Samuel Gardner. p His wife was Miss Katherine Black- _ 8 mon, who survives him with two lit- _ e tie boys, Robert and Steve Sun- h day morning about 11 o'clock, J. W. w Knight of the upper Camp Creek sec- p tion, was shot in the left shoulder by L. A. Voyt. The shooting occurred on Mr. Knight's place, where Voyt and n his family also reside. The weapon a used was a shotgun, which belonged to Knight and was loaded with No. 3 ^ shot. A few hours after the shooting k Voyt came to town and surrendered to w Jailer A. T. Carnes. Knight's wound i! not being serious, he has been ad- y mitted to ball Mr. Robert Wright, son of the late Henry Wright, died at his home near Oakhurst Saturday last, a He was 63 years of age. His remains n were interred at Salem Camp Grove, Sunday, his pastor, Rev. M. Wells, ofdelating at the funeral service a Mrs. Emily Golns, wife of Mr. Will P Goins, died Friday evening about 8 o'clock. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. S. R. Brock, assisted by Rev. C. W. Burgees. The t remains were laid to rest in West a Side cemetery about 3 o'clock Satur- fl day afternoon. t * * c Gastonia Gazette, July 6: A south- t bound freight train on the Carolina & t North-Western railroad was delayed o yesterday afternoon Just south of the a bridge over the South Fork north of t Dallas. Four loaded coal cars and the caboose left the track. They did not t turn over, however, and the damage . was small, the greatest inconvenience r being due to the blocking of the track. c Prof. Edgar Long of Due West, j, S. C., who is here spending some time r with his parents, accompanied by his father, Mr. L. H. Long, his brother, t Master Hazel Long, and his uncle, ^ Mr. R. E. Long, will leave tonight for Norfolk, Va., where they will spend several days Ashing Mr. J. W. * Timberlake of the local bar. Ailed the 1 pulpit at Union Presbyterian church s Sunday morning in the absence of the 0 pastor, Rev. G. A. Sparrow, who is at * Montreat taking his vacation 0 Saturday evening at 8.30 o'clock, at the a home of the bride in Mayworth, Miss a Pearl Kale became the bride of Mr. * Ernest Bradley, of West Gastonia. The ceremony was performed by Rev. ' F. W. Cook, pastor of West End Methodist church, in the presence of a number of friends and relatives of y the contracting parties In a quiet home wedding at the residence of the y bride's father, Mr. J. M. Mcintosh, at s Lucia, Mr. Connor R. Killian and Miss n Vida Mcintosh were united in mar- n riage Sunday afternoon, July 4th, the t; ceremony being performed by Rev. J. a L. Ray, pastor of the Unity group of c Presbyterian churches DeAnite b announcement is now made that Gastonia is to have a new textile enterprise, to be known as the Rex Spin- J ning company. Land has already been purchased near the Piedmont & a Northern lines at Rano, and work on J( the building will commence at once. It will be a 12,000-spindle mill, and h the site covers one hundred acres. sj * Chester News. July 6: Despite the g heavy showers which lasted through- o out the greater part of the day, one P of the largest crowds that ever assembled in Chester for the July cele- yi bration was here yesterday. The h races were fast considering the con- s< dition of the track. "Dolly," owned ? by Mr. Will Smith and driven by Dupe Anderson, lead the race, Mr. Young Coleman being second. The pony yi race, there being four ponies entered, ti was won by Paul Hardin, Jr. When w nearing the line one of the ponies left w the track, throwing the rider, but for-' Is unately he was unhurt. Much excitement prevailed during the mule race nd it was clearly demonstrated that tester has some "racy jarheads." The rizes for floats were as follows: S. I. Jones Co., first; Moffatt Grocery !o., second; Southern Express Co., hlrd. The Tlrzah band rendered exellent music for the occasion 'he first Chester county watermelons f the season were brought to town Saturday by Mr. W. L. Mobley, who ves near Orr*s station on Chester oute 5 Mr. R. P. Wright and (iss Hugh Kennedy were quietly tarried at the Baptist parsonage Sun ay evening at 8 o'clock, Rev, J. R. reeman officiating. These are well nown parties from the Caldwell comlunity, the groom being the son of lr. and Mrs. John Wright, and the ride a daughter of Mrs. Sallle Kenedy. ODD INCIDENTS its of News Out of the Ordinary Gathered from Exchanges. An eight-year-old boy was recently >nt by parcel post from Salt Lake ity to San Diego. The postage was ) cents. Mr. and Mrs. William Parsons of renloch, N. J., are receiving congratlatlons upon the birth of the first . irl baby bom in the Parsons families nee 1866. During a service in a Middletown, onn., church, a dog walked up the tain aisle and lay down before the ulplt. As he made no disturbance, o one put him out, and he lay there iroughout the rest of the service. A young lady in Nantucket was waKenea rrom ner siumoers iaai hursday morning by the sound of iln falling heavily on the roof. The rain" proved to be the flying embers ora & nearby Are. Sueleimsn Bin Musa, the sultan of elangor, has afflrmed his loyalty to reat Britain and has issued an order > all the people living in his country ijolning them to entertain no evil itentlons against the British governlent. A quarrel over a dog, it is alleged, lused the killing at Labelle, Fla., of lorrls Whidden by J. D. Benton. Both ten are orange growers. Benton walk3 to Arcadia and gave himself up. ftildden was the son of Tillet Whlden, who Was prominently connected lth the old Ashley-Whidden feud. In a desperate duel in the dark near "arley, Ala., Frank Martin, a negro arm hand, was stabbed to death and ohn McPeters, a white man, was failly shot The men were alone in a orse lot when the trouble came up. lartin shot McPeters twice and then lie latter stabbed him to death beare sinking Into unconsciousness. Myers Reed captured a baby seal he other day In Augusta, Me., and la raining it to trlcka The seal dislays not only great Intelligence, but trong affection for Its owner, crying very time he leaves it, but leaving im every day for a long swim from rhich it has never failed to return romptly. A large, elaborately Iced and decoded wedding cake made Its second ppearance at the marriage feast of lr. and Mrs. Ralph Heald, both of 'ortland, Ore. The cake had been ept in a sealed metal box since the redding of the bridegroom's parents i Saginaw, Michigan, forty-four ears ago. It was as good as the day . was made. A nickel of mystery was found reently In Mayville, Mo. Byron Nunelly received in change what seemed a be an ordinary coir, but which roke in two when dropped, revealing sort of locket inside, in the two arts of which had been pasted pic iires of two children. No identiflcaion marks were to be found. A curious feature of an automobile our of the Springfield Auto club was , blind contest. No one except the oficials knew anything more about it h&n that they would go through the ontest without knowing it at some ime during the trip. At the end of he run a silver cup was awarded to ne of the drivers for having covered . certain stretch of road in the least ime. In response to the advertisement of he United States navy department or 1,500,000 teak decking logs, a Madia lumber firm has submitted an iffer of 500,000 feet of yacal, a Phlllltine wood resembling team, which is egarded as the equal of teak for conduction purposes. This is the first * ime such offers of Philippine woods lave been made to the navy. Syd Jones, hanged in the county jail ard at Birmingham, Ala., left a note n his cell in which he confessed reponsibility for thirteen murders. Two f his victims were white men, one a lobile and Ohio brakeman, and the tber a Nebraska deputy sheriff. Jones Iso claims to have killed a Chinaman, Mexican and an Indian. The law ook Jones' lifo for the murder of a ellow convict in Banner mines, Jeferson county, while he was serving a Ife sentence for another murder. The Psychology of Neatness.?Did ou ever notice the difference in the 'ay you feel toward yourself when ou are compelled to go around in a habby suit and when you go abroad eatly clad from heels to head? Relember the time when you we-? prety well down and out, and had to go round looking for a job in a suit of lothcs that you wouldn't do your ardening in now? You were licked efore you started, says the Duluth [erald. You anticipated as you enured the door the refusal that sent ou cowed, out of it again. There's a lot in that feeling. When fncle George lent you the money for new suit you braced up, tackled that )b-hunting with a new courage, and uickly go on your feet again. Did you ever stop to think that your ome surroundings work in much the ime way? They do, whether you realize it or ot. Here s wnere "Ciean-up weeK ets its relationship to the psychology f neatness. If your home is in reair and not in need of paint, if your ome grounds are clean and well kept, ' your lawn is green and sightly and our yard neat and orderly, then your ome environment ministers to your ilf-respect and to your own Judgment f your decent place in the commuuy. | The web of our life is of a mingled arn, good and ill together; our virjes would be proud if our fault* rhipped them not; and our crimes rould despair if they were not cherihed by our virtues.?Shakespeare.